Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-04
A. do not. I have just stated that
do not know that this notice now re-
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notice that the registration would cease
ON the I'd day of October.
Mr.. Campbell: 1t does not say that it
will cease. 1t says. "As per Section
lll5 of the Political Code"
Mr.. Robarts. You can ask him that
afterward. will go on with this.
Mr.. Campbell. l object to your as
suming in your question any fact which
is not proved-that don't exist.
| Mr.. Robarts. Judicial notice will be
taken of that section of the Political
Code.
Mr.. Campbell. / know, but you are
asking about some notices that haven t
been given.
MIR. Robarts--I am asking if any were
given.
| @. Did you or your deputies register
any voters upon the Great Register OF
the county after the I'd of October?
A. Yes, sir.
| @. 1886?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. When?
A. Continuously up to and including
the 9th; that is, for supplemental reg.
| istration; but no man has ever been re.
| fused registration.
Q. Well. will ask you that after
wards, sir.
| A. All right.
| @. ask you now, as said before,
did you or your deputies register any
voters on the Great Register of the
county after the I'd of October, 1886?
A. Yes, sir.
| Q. Up to what time?
A. Well, we registered all the time;
the Great Register was never closed, so
far as the putting the names upon the
official Great Register is concerned.
! Q. Oh, yes. Up to what time did
you register voters so that. they would
appear upon the supplemental register
for the purposes of the election on the
I'd of November, 1886?
A. Up to and including the 9th Of
October.
@. l2 o'clock at night?
A. That is, for the printing of the
supplemental register.
@. Yes. Did you have any deputies
in the outside precincts?
A. did.
@. When did those deputies com.
mence registering?
A. Well, that I can't tell without
referring to the names sent in by them
as Deputy Clerks.
Q. You have their appointments on
file?
A. l have.
@. Now, Mr.. Dunsmoor, having
posted this notice CONTESTANTS Exhibit
No. y, what steps, if any, did you take
to notify the public that registration was
continued up to the 9th Of October,
1856?
A. Sometime in the month of Octo.
ber, probably along near the 10th or
18th, somewhere about that time, the
question was raised as to whether q per.
son would have the right to vote upon a
certificate; and Judge Brunson was
asked his opinion of the matter, and his
idea was that any person would have a
right to go to the polls who presented a
certificate from the Clerk of his regis.
tration. And found that it would be
: impossible to issue the number of Ger.
tiicates that would probably be re-
quired, and then l asked if SUPPLE
mental registration or supplemental
register could be printed, and it was
thought that itcould be legally done; and
in order to save the confusion, and give all
an opportunity to vote, we decided to
extend the time for receiving the names
until the 9th. think this-I think
notices was sent out about the 10th to
that effect, to the several registry clerks
throughout the county. l sent notices
to all registry clerks. think l have
some twelve or fourteen registry clerks
who are Democratic.
@. Name those Democratic ones,
please.
A. l can think of some of them.
@. Well, who are they, sir?
A. c. w. Humphreys, of Santa Ana;
Egan, of San Juan; ]. w Buster, of
Downey; Slack, San Gabriel; Bell, OF
San Gabriel-or Ell Monte.
@. Who, Bell?
A. Bell. Let's see; think have a
list that will refresh me (referripg to
memorandum). Caldwell, of San Jose.
G. Spsdra you mean?
A. Well, in that district; John Lang,
of Lang's station; Botiller, of Los Vir.
gines; Carroll, of Pnente; Gordon, of
Azusa; Travis, of Yorba. Those are
persons that l know to be Democrats.
Now this man Bulliard, l don't know
whether he is Republican or Democrat.
And there are others that do not
know. Those I know to be Democratic
registrars.
| Q. What notice did you send out to
them?
A. Well, believe have a copy Of
the notice which sent. producing pa.
per.) "Office of County Clerk of Los
Angeles county, California" Then fol-
lows the name. "DEAR SIR herewith
send registry book for supplementary
registration. You will therefore regis
ter any qualified eleotor who may apply
for registration. 1t is not probable that
registered after October 27. 1856, can
appear upon the supplemental register.
You will therefore detach the affidavit
OF electors who may be registered by
you and forward them to this Office
daily. Very respectfully. c. H. DUNs.
MOOR, County Clerk" This was sent to
each of the registry clerks of the county.
@. Now, referring to the Democratic
County Clerks. what is the vote at
Azusa?
A. About 200, Downey between 200
and 300, Puente 40 or so, Langs 20, San
Gabriel over 400, Santa Ana about 500,
Spadra 40, San Juan 60, Yorba 20.
@. Now, this notice that you have
read to us, then, is the only notice by
which you gave information to the pub.
lie that registration would be accepted
or voters would be enrolled up to the
9th of October, 1886!
A. think there was one-I think
about the 25th there was a notice in the
Express that we expected to close regis.
tration ON the 9th.
@. By Mr.. Howard. Are you Ger.
tain of it
A. I know that there was such a
notice.
@. By Mr.. Robarts. About the 25th?
A. Yes, sir.
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